Lot
705

An unusual gray schist relief of the teaching Buddha

GANDHARA, 2ND/3RD CENTURY

An unusual gray schist relief of the teaching Buddha
Gandhara, 2nd/3rd century
The Buddha seated in dhyanasana on a lotus base with his hands in the teaching gesture, flanked by columns crested by addorsed bulls supporting a domed roof carved with lotus flowerheads and figures of meditating Buddhas in niches
13¼ in. (33.7 cm.) high